Media, Crime and Criminal Justice
Ημερομηνία: 01-11-2011 | Κατηγορία: Ακαδημαϊκές Συνεντεύξεις Εκτύπωση | Αποστολή |
Μοιράσου
In Cheliotis, L. and Xanakis, S. (Ed.), Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Greece, Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011
The influence of the mass media. and especially of television, on public opinion in Greece is an issue complicated by the low credibility of the media in the eyes of the public. On the one hand, nearly half of the population believes that public television is more independent from the government than it was in the past. Indeed, it is the media that has appeared to increasingly encroach upon the state's sphere of authority (see further Demertzis, 1996: 540). An illustrative example of such encroachment was presented by the kidnapping of a bus containing passengers in May 1999. The kidnappers chose to communicate their messages and demands live via the media rather than directly to the police, in a spectacle which lasted more than 24 hours.
